| Ghana
Influencer
Montrage
Pleads Guilty
For Romance
Scams Will Pay
$2M 5 Years
Max
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Feb 21 – A Ghana-based
influencer was hit with a six-count
Indictment
charging MONA
FAIZ MONTRAGE
for her role
in a series of
romance
schemes and
for laundering
the proceeds
of those
schemes.
MONTRAGE was
arrested in
the United
Kingdom on
November 10,
2022, and was
extradited
from the
United Kingdom
on May 12,
2023.
MONTRAGE
was to be
presented
before U.S.
District Judge
Paul A. Crotty
-- Inner City
Press was
there, thread
here
On
May 24, the
executed bond
was docketed.
The co-signers
are Hashimiyu
Haruna,
Fatahia Chung
and Ayisheto
Al Hassan...
On
October 6, the
pre-trial
conference was
pushed back a
month.
On
November 8,
Montrage's new
lawyer wrote
in and asked
for another 60
days.
On
February 21,
2024, guilty
plea: "guilty
plea today of
MONA FAIZ
MONTRAGE for
her role in
laundering the
proceeds of a
series of
romance
scams.
MONTRAGE pled
guilty today
to conspiracy
to receive
stolen money
before U.S.
Magistrate
Judge Sarah L.
Cave.which
carries a
maximum
sentence of
five years in
prison.
MONTRAGE also
agreed to pay
forfeiture in
the amount of
$2,164,758.41
and make
restitution in
the same
amount."
More
details on
Substack here
The
case is US v.
Montrage,
22-cr-617
(Crotty)
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